weekend read..

reading this weekend... City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, from The Mortal Instruments.

Finally! After a long wait, I'm gonna read the much-talk about Jace & Clary! I hope I'm not yet too late to participate in discussions..

Friday Finds (Oct 14)

TGIF! Thank Goodness It's Friday, I'm in love. Another Friday Finds edition :)

What great books did you hear about/discover this past week?

Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS.. hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Let me share you mine for this weekend.

 

Firefly Summer by Maeve Binchy 

Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher

Someone Irresistible by Adele Ashworth

   

A Man To Call My Own by Johanna Lindsey

Affair of Honor by Jayne Ann Krentz

Operation Sunshine by Jenny Colgan

Firefly Summer - Maeve Binchy

It was a summer of warmth.... Kate Ryan and her  husband, John, have a rollicking pub in the Irish  village of Mountfern... lovely twelve-year-old  twins... and such wonderful dreams.... It was a summer  of innocence... but all that is about to change  this fateful summer of 1962 when American  millionaire Patrick O'Neill comes to town with his  irresistible charm and a pocketful of money... when love  and hate vie for a town's quiet heart and old  traditions begin to crumble away.... It was a summer of  love that would never come again.... A time that  has been captured forever in Maeve Binchy's  compelling family drama... a novel you will never forget.

 - - From the Paperback edition

Winter Solstice - Rosamunde Pilcher

Rosamunde Pilcher's novel, despite its chilly setting, will warm the hearts of her growing army of loyal fans. Winter Solstice has all the familiar trademarks of a Pilcher saga, spun in her inimitable, homey, beguiling style. The story is told, chapter by chapter, from the perspectives of an eclectic array of characters. Former actress Elfrida--not very good by her own admission--leaves London for a geriatric bolthole in the country where she meets retired schoolmaster and organist, Oscar. Meanwhile, Carrie (Elfrida's second cousin), returns to London from Austria where she had a brilliant career in the tourist industry, only to find her niece, 14-year-old Lucy, sadly neglected by her selfish mother and equally spoiled grandmother. Finally, handsome Sam is recalled from New York by his company chairman to revive an ailing Scottish textile mill.

- - -  from goodreads.com

Someone Irresistible - Adele Ashworth
Mimi is the daughter of a talented scientific sculptor, and she shares her father's ability to take giant bones dug from the earth and create models of them for scientists to study and others to marvel over. Nathan is one of that fascinating new breed of scholars, a paleontologist. On the night he was to unveil his great discovery, and take his place among the scientific elite, his wondrous specimen vanished, leaving him a laughingstock. It's been three long years since then, and Nathan is finally ready to take steps to restore his reputation. His theory is that Mimi stole his astounding find, and he blackmails her into using her talents to set in motion a series of events that should lead him to the missing bones and expose the theft. There's only one thing wrong with his plan -- Mimi wasn't the thief, and his willingness to forgive her for a crime she didn't commit riles her even more than his false accusations. But, as they work together to uncover the truth, the totally unscientific attraction between them soon has their heads and hearts spinning as they explore the astonishing depth of passion that they share.

- - from goodreads.com

Happy Weekend everyone!!

www Oct 12

Welcome to another edition of WWW for the month of October.  WWW Wednesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

Here are my answers this week:

Currently Reading:

Radiance by Alyson Noel

Another bestseller from the Immortals author.

I haven't read any of The Immortals series, but I'd like to get to know Alyson Noel through this Riley Bloom series. As summarized by Goodreads.com, Radiance sounds both intriguing and fun.

Riley has crossed the bridge into the afterlife—a place called Here, where time is always Now. She has picked up life where she left off when she was alive, living with her parents and dog in a nice house in a nice neighborhood. When she’s summoned before The Council, she learns that the afterlife isn’t just an eternity of leisure. She’s been assigned a job, Soul Catcher, and a teacher, Bodhi, a possibly cute, seemingly nerdy boy who’s definitely hiding something. They return to earth together for Riley’s first assignment, a Radiant Boy who’s been haunting a castle in England for centuries. Many Soul Catchers have tried to get him to cross the bridge and failed. But all of that was before he met Riley . . .

Recently Finished Reading

Past Redemption by Savannah Russe

The sequel to Savannah Russe's Darkwing Chronicles, a book about a team of spies who are actually vampires.

In this second book, there's a lethal new recreational drug out on the party circuit. To stop its spread, Team Darkwing must immerse themselves in New York City's nightlife, where they discover ties between the drug's revenue and the country's most powerful dynasty. To infiltrate the family, Daphne flirts with its weakest link, a party boy whom she'd love to sink her teeth into. But even as their dalliance leads her deeper into the case, Daphne can't stop thinking about Darius, the darkly sexy human she claimed with a passionate bite. He's the bad boy she knows she must forget-if she doesn't, she'll be risking not only the mission but her own heart.

Will Read Next:

Shimmer by Alyson Noel


This is the sequel to Radiance (Riley Bloom Series). I'm not yet sure if I'll be able to read this right after Radiance, but I will sure try. Here's a gist of the story:

Having solved the matter of the Radiant Boy, Riley, Buttercup, and Bodhi are enjoying a well-deserved vacation. When Riley comes across a vicious black dog, against Bodhi’s advice, she decides to cross him over. While following the dog, she runs into a young ghost named Rebecca. Despite Rebecca’s sweet appearance, Riley soon learns she’s not at all what she seems. As the daughter of a former plantation owner, she is furious about being murdered during a slave revolt in 1733. Mired in her own anger, Rebecca is lashing out by keeping the ghosts who died along with her trapped in their worst memories. Can Riley help Rebecca forgive and forget without losing herself to her own nightmarish memories?

Tuesday Teaser (Oct 11)

Another Tuesday! Time flies so fast, doesn't it? In the next few days, we're on the middle of the month! Whew!

So welcome to our Teaser Tuesday!  This is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.

To participate you:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!
(Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Here's my share for this week. I hope I'm not yet too late.

I reached for the handle, eager to get the heck out so I could track him down and really let him have it. And I’d almost succeeded, when someone called out from behind me and I turned, scowl planted firmly in place, dreading even a moment’s delay, only to find myself face-to-face with what I assumed to be an angel. 

An incredibly beautiful, glittering angel.

page 48, Chapter 6
Radiance (Riley Bloom # 1)
by Alyson Noel

themes

As for those who do not know me, I am actually a reader who would like variety in her reading life. But sometime in the middle of this year, I decided to read books based on Themes.

Actually it started in March, when I decided to read books that has one-word titles. What I mean is, the title of the books I've read contains only one line. So I called it March One-Liners. Like for examples:

Beastly, Shiver, Neverwhere, Flipped, Ingo, et al...  

Then in June, my book theme was June Fantasy; so I read books about dragons, witches, knights, faeries and even aliens. Here are the books I've read during that month:


Eragon - about dragons
Lament (Books of Faerie, #1) - self explanatory
The Summer Country / Avalon High - both are Arthurian stories
Peter and the Starcatchers - Peter Pan!!
Stranger in a Strange Land - Alien from Mars
Cloaked - a fairytale (about Frog Prince)

In July, I tagged that month as July Book-to-Films because most of the books I've read were made into movies.

Red Riding Hood
A Bend in the Road
City of Ember 
The Lovely Bones 
and The Golden Compass


August was more of the Narrative Mode month; where the narrator is the actual character in the story. To explain better;  the story is relayed by a narrator who is also a character within the story, so that the narrator reveals the plot by referring to this viewpoint character as "I".

Example of the books I've read where the storyteller is always the first-person:

Careful What You Wish For, Would You, Simmer Down, The Manolo Matrix, Shadowland, Red Blooded Murder and Winter Rose.

And last month, my theme was simple: September Chick-Lit; a genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly. Those I really enjoyed were:

Love The One You're With, Remember Me, Spying In High Heels, Who's That Girl & LA Candy

For this month, I call it October Duos, where I'm gonna read either anthologies, bundles or those that has Book 1 & Book 2. I've already started with Irish Girls About Town,  and have started the 2 Darkwing Chronicles (Beyond The Pale & Past Redemption.) Hopefully next week, I'll be able to start the Riley Bloom series (Radiance & Shimmer) and then the Donovan Legacies (by Nora Roberts).

Oh this is gonna be an exciting month. Hope I would be able to stay true to my themed reading. Have a nice weekend everyone!

All Pictures on this post are derived from Google Images. Thanks Google!

Friday Finds

TGIF! Thank Goodness It's Friday, I'm in love. Another Friday Finds edition :)

What great books did you hear about/discover this past week?

Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS.. hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Let me share you mine for this weekend.

 

Lucky by Jackie Collins

The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky

 

Radiance (Riley Bloom Book # 1)

Shimmer (Riley Bloom Book # 2)

both by Alyson Noel

and

Summer Pleasures by Nora Roberts

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Tuesday Teaser (Oct 4)

Welcome to the first Tuesday of October. Another day for our Teaser Tuesdays. This is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading.

To participate you:
* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!
(Make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

For this week, actually I'm reading an anthology book. It's a collection of short stories authored by some of famous Irish novelists - Maeve Binchy, Marian Keyes & Cathy Kelly, et al. The book is called "Irish Girls About Town".

Here's a teaser from one of the short stories:

There was a note on the door. 

Waited until half past. Understand that you mightn't have wanted to see me. If you were mine, I wouldn't want to let you our of my sight. Best wishes, Dave. 

What a sweetie.

page 292;
Girls' Weekend
by Marisa Mackle
from the " Irish Girls About Town" anthologies

Musing Mondays (Oct. 3)

Today's Monday musing from Miz B of Should Be Reading, where she will ask a book/reading-related question, and you answer with your own thoughts on the topic:

What are you most excited about reading, right now? (can be a book you’re currently enjoying, or a book that’s yet to be published, etc.)

Actually, I'm excited with a lot of recently published book (sequels). So I'm making October my Sequel Month. Here are some of the books I'm excited to read in the next few days.

Vanish (sequel to Firelight)

To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely-guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride knowing she might never see Will again—and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will’s memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone. 

Uncommon Criminals (sequel to Heist Society)

Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life life. Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she’s simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed the greatest museum in the world. That’s why Kat isn’t surprised when she’s asked to steal the infamous Cleopatra Emerald so it can be returned to its rightful owners. 

There are only three problems. First, the gem hasn’t been seen in public in thirty years. Second, since the fall of the Egyptian empire and the suicide of Cleopatra, no one who holds the emerald keeps it for long, and in Kat’s world, history almost always repeats itself. But it’s the third problem that makes Kat’s crew the most nervous and that is simply… the emerald is cursed. 

3rd quarter-end wrap up

Whew, can you believe it? It's now October! Time flies so fast! We're now on the last quarter of the year, which was a truly blessed year for me. I know we still have 3 more months before we say Bye to 2011, but hey,  there's nothing wrong in appreciating the blessings that came along our way these past 3 quarters.

Christmas is just sitting around the corner.. Hmmm.. Before we go to that, let me share with you the books / e-books I've finished reading during the last 3 months.


July

The Princess - Lori Wick
Red Riding Hood - Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
Nicola and the Viscount - Meg Cabot
A Bend in The Road - Nicholas Sparks
The Wanton Bride - Mary Brendan
Twins - Roxanne Pulitzer
Blue Moon - John Morgan Wilson and Peter Duchin
City of Ember - Jeanne DuParu
Love in The Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Untamed - Helen Kirkman
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The Golden Compass - Philip Pullman




August
Careful What You Wish For - Lucy Finn
Would You? - Marthe Jocelyn
Simmer Down - Jessica Park
In The Eye of Heaven - David Keck
Inkheart - Cornelia Funke
The Manolo Matrix - Julie Kenner
River, Cross My Heart - Breena Heart
Vive La Paris - Esme Raji Codell
Fisherman's Bend - Kinda Greenlaw
Shadowland (The Mediator Series #1)  - Meg Cabot
Red Blooded Murder - Laura Caldwell
Winter Rose - Patricia McKillip


September
Perfect Princess (A Princess Diaries Companion Book)  - Meg Cabot
Love The One You're With - Emily Giffin
Light In Shadow (Whispering Springs #1)  - Jayne Ann Krentz
Remember Me - Sophie Kinsella
Princess Bride - William Goldman
Darkening Echoes - Carol Smith
Spying In High Heels - Gemma Halliday
Who's That Girl - Alexandra Potter
Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen
L.A. Candy - Lauren Conrad
The Nanny Diaries - Emma McLaughlin